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Pacific  Yearly  Meefing 
of  Friends 


VOL.  32,  NO.  1 YEARLY  MEETING  ISSUE  September,  1963 


YEARLY  MEETING  APPROVED. . . 

— Recognition  of  our  three  new  Monthly  Meetings:  Marloma,  Santa  Cruz,  and  Reno 

— Provision  for  public  liability  insurance  and  protection  against  deficiency  liability  for 
the  Yearly  Meeting  Holding  Corporation 

— Travel  minutes  for  the  following  Friends:  Karen  Scott  (Tacoma)  and  Chris  Stevens 
(Delta)  to  the  Young  Friends  Conference  of  North  America;  Clifford  Maser  (Corvallis ) and 
Francis  Dart  (Eugene)  while  they  are  on  AFSC  assignments  in  Germany 

— Fraternal  delegates:  Helen  Scheiber,  formerly  of  University  Meeting  and  now  living  in 
Melbourne,  to  the  first  session  of  the  new  Australia  Yearly  Meeting,  in  1964;  Emma 
Martinez  de  Moreno  (Mexico  City),  replacing  Suzanne  Sein,  to  the  UN  Seminar  on  the 
Status  of  Women  in  Family  Law,  to  be  held  in  Bogota,  Colombia 

— Appointment  of  Polly  Straka  (Palo  Alto)  as  Chairman  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  N ominating 
Committee  for  the  coming  year 

— Continued  support  for  the  Friends  Race  Relations  Conference,  and  naming  of  a delegate 
to  their  interim  committee 

— Sending  a letter  to  President  Kennedy  in  support  of  the  test  ban  treaty 

— Changing  Interim  Committee  to  Executive  and  P epresentative  Committees 

— Revising  the  travel  allowance 

— Continuation  of  the  Friend  in  the  Orient  program  for  at  least  two  years 

— Efforts  to  strengthen  our  Yearly  Meeting’s  ties  with  Friends  in  Korea 

— Support  for  a Quaker  Seminar  in  Mexico 

— C ontinued  endorsement  of  the  Friend  in  Washington  program 


Interim  Committee  Changes 

Approval  was  given  to  the  proposal  outlined 
in  the  June  Bulletin  to  replace  the  present 
Interim  Committee  with  a 23-member  Executive 
Committee  in  the  Spring,  and  a 60-member  Repre- 
sentative Committee  to  meet  at  Yearly  Meeting 
time. 

The  following  changes  and  additions  were 
made  to  the  original  proposal: 

1)  Terms  for  Monthly  Meeting  representatives 
will  be  for  two  years,  with  one-half  being  re- 
placed or  reappointed  each  year. 

2)  An  Observer  to  Representative  Committee 
may  also  be  appointed  by  each  Monthly  Meeting, 
as  preparation  for  becoming  a representative  at 
a later  date. 

3)  Yearly  Meeting  Committees  should  not 
meet  at  the  time  of  the  spring  Executive  Com- 
mittee, except  when  the  Clerk  and  Committee 
chairman  feel  that  such  a meeting  would  benefit 
the  Executive  Committee. 


4)  Executive  Committee  minutes  will  be  sent 
to  all  Monthly  Meeting  Clerks  and  Representa- 
tives. 

5)  Representative  Committee  should  meet 
near  the  close  of  Yearly  Meeting  to  evaluate  the 
sessions  and  make  suggestions  to  the  Executive 
Committee  for  the  next  year. 

6)  The  material  on  the  functions  of  officers, 
committee  chairmen  and  committees  of  Yearly 
Meeting  should  be  consolidated  and  added  to  the 
Discipline  as  an  appendix. 

Travel  Allowance  Revision 

Reaffirming  that  the  purpose  of  the  Yearly 
Meeting  Travel  F"und  was  to  provide  partial  aid, 
rather  than  full  subsidy,  so  that  each  Monthly 
Meeting  could  be  represented  at  Yearly  Meeting, 
the  special  committee  to  study  this  matter  pro- 
posed: 

1)  h"or  one  rej)resentative  from  each  Monthly 
Meeting  to  Representative  Committee  — two 


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FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 
1616  Tenth  Avenue 
San  Francisco  22,  California 
Virginia  B.  Harris,  Editor 

VOL.  32,  NO.  1 SEPTEMBER  1963 

The  official  organ  of  news  and  opinion  of  Pacific 
Yearly  Meeting  of  the  Religious  Society  of  Friends. 
Published  monthly,  except  bi-monthly  in  January- 
February  and  July-August. 

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SUBSCRIPTION  RATES:  $2.50  per  year.  Monthly  Meet- 
ings are  encouraged  to  collect  or  subscribe  for  all  their 
members  and  interested  attenders.  Contributions  beyond 
the  subscription  price  are  welcome,  to  help  offset  actual 
costs  and  reduce  Yearly  Meeting  subsidy.  Receipts  will 
be  sent  on  request. 

ADVERTISEMENTS:  Classified-style  advertisements, 
subject  to  approval  of  contents,  may  be  inserted  at 
five  cents  per  word. 

ADDRESS  CHANGES:  Please  notify  the  Bulletin  four 
weeks  in  advance  of  your  new  address,  so  that  you  will 
continue  to  receive  it  promptly. 

DEADLINE  for  all  copy:  15th  of  the  month  preceding 
issue,  except:  1st  of  September,  January,  and  July. 

ALL  CCRRESPCNDENCE  should  be  sent  to  the  above 
address. 

PACIFIC  YEARLY  MEETING 
CFFICERS 

Clerk:  Edwin  Morgenroth,  2721  Fifth  Avenue,  Corona 
del  Mar,  California 

Assistant  Clerk:  Gretchen  Tuthill,  3840  Skyline  Road, 
Carlsbad,  California 

Recording  Clerk:  Walt  Raitt,  602  Hurstview,  Monrovia, 
California 

Statistical  Secretary:  Mildred  Burck,  120  Vinyard  Drive, 
Corvallis,  Cregon 

Treasurer:  Robert  Young,  234  E.  Colorado  Boulevard, 
Pasadena,  California 

Young  Friends  Clerk:  Sue  Hogenauer,  310  N.  E.  170th, 
Seattle  55,  Washington 
CCMMITTEE  CHAIRMEN 

Bulletin:  Madge  T.  Seaver,  1191  Stanyan  Street,  San 
Francisco  17,  California 

Discipline:  Ferner  Nuhn,  420  W.  8th,  Claremont,  Calif. 
Education:  Crystalle  Davis,  Rt.  3,  Box  316A,  Dallas, 
Cregon 

Finance:  Paton  Crouse,  1238  - 111th  N.  E.,  Bellevue, 
Washington 

History:  Caroline  Estes,  2917  Ashby,  Berkeley  5,  Calif. 
Ministry  and  Cversight:  Catherine  Bruner,  1603  Wood- 
land, Stockton  7,  California 

Nominating:  Polly  Straka,  243  Rinconada,  Palo  Alto, 
California 

Peace:  Chairman  to  be  appointed 

Social  Crder:  Ralph  Pinney,  437  W.  Longden,  Arcadia, 
California 

Visitation:  Dorothy  and  Ken  Stevens,  Route  8,  3473 
California  St.,  Modesto,  California 

1964  YEARLY  MEETING:  August  16-20,  1964,  Cali- 
fornia Western  University,  Point  Loma,  San  Diego,  Cal. 


cents  a mile,  round  trip,  except: 

a)  no  subsidy  for  those  within  200  miles 
of  Yearly  Meeting  site, 

b)  three  cents  a mile  round  trip  allow- 
ance for  those  coming  over  1000  miles,  because 
of  the  additional  burden  of  the  unmet  expense, 
and  the  extra  travel  time. 

2)  Executive  Committee  members  (PYM  offi- 
cers, standing  committee  chairmen,  Clerks  or 
representatives  of  regional  meetings,  and 
Arrangements  Chairman)  — four  cents  a mile  to 
both  spring  and  summer  sessions. 

3)  Yearly  Meeting  committee  members  meet- 
ing between  sessions  — a maximum  of  four  cents 
a mile  round  trip,  which  amount  must  be  included 
in  their  budget  request.  The  Finance  Committee, 
in  consultation  with  the  Clerk,  will  develop  an 
equitable  and  uniform  procedure  for  the  use  of 
the  limited  funds  available  for  such  committee 
travel. 

4)  Funds  for  expense  money,  including 
travel,  for  resource  persons  desired  by  a com- 
mittee in  connection  with  its  Yearly  Meeting 
program,  should  be  provided  for  in  the  com- 
mittee’s budget  request.  In  special  cases,  a 
committee  may  raise  its  ov^'n  money  for  such 
purposes,  in  consultation  with  the  Clerk  and 
Finance  Committee  Chairman. 

Although  the  Representative  Committee  will 
have  fewer  members  than  the  Interim  Committee 
did,  and  no  funds  will  be  needed  for  representa- 
tives at  the  spring  meeting,  the  potential  ex- 
pense to  Yearly  Meeting  is  increased  through 
these  changes,  because  of  the  addition  of  com- 
mittee chairmen  and  committee  travel. 


Friends  in  the  Orient 

Russell  and  Ann  MacArthur  (Calgary  Meeting) 
were  designated  to  serve  as  Friends  in  the 
Orient  for  1963-64,  while  they  are  stationed  in 
Singapore  under  a Colombo  Plan  appointment. 
In  1964-65,  it  is  hoped  that  they  may  be  able  to 
serve  under  appointment  from  Yearly  Meeting  in 
mainland  China,  if  arrangements  can  be  made 
and  a way  opens.  The  Treasurer  was  authorized 
to  receive  funds  for  this  project  for  use  for 
incidental  travel  expenses  in  1963-64  and  fuller 
support  in  1964-65.  There  is  a possibility  of 
financial  support  from  the  Canadian  and  Ameri- 
can Friends  Service  Committees  for  this  second 
year. 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


September,  1963  - Page  3 


Korean  Friends 

Meeting  approved  a budgeted  amount  of  S300 
to  help  in  the  support  of  Dong  Suk  Cho  while  he 
is  at  Pendle  Hill  this  year. 

The  following  were  named  to  a committee  to 
correspond  with  Seoul  Meeting  concerning  closer 
relationship  with  our  Yearly  Meeting:  Reginald 
Price,  Chairman;  Sang  dal  Cha,  Catherine  and 
David  Bruner,  Ruth  and  Floyd  Schmoe. 

A letter  was  sent  to  Herbert  and  Gertrude 
Bowles  (Honolulu  Meeting),  encouraging  their 
possible  service  in  Korea  and  expressing  the 
hope  that  they  might  serve  as  a link  between 
Pacific  Yearly  Meeting  and  Seoul  Friends. 


Quaker  Seminar  in  Mexico 

At  the  Fourth  Reunion  of  Friends  in  Mexico 
a sense  of  “spiritual  solidarity  with  our  brothers 
who  in  Cuba  continue  to  maintain  firmly  the 
ideals  of  our  Society”  was  expressed,  and  a 
proposal  was  made  for  a Quaker  seminar  includ- 
ing Friends  from  Canada,  the  United  States, 
Mexico,  Guatemala,  El  Salvador,  Costa  Rica  and 
Jamaica. 

Esther  Richards  was  named  Chairman  of  a 
Yearly  Meeting  committee  to  consult  with 
Friends  World  Committee  and  with  Friends  in 
Mexico  about  this  seminar,  help  them  in  any  way 
possible,  and  choose  one  or  more  delegates  to 
represent  us  at  the  seminar.  Other  members  are 
Charles  Atlee,  Ignacio  Gonzalez,  Howard 
Richards,  Edwin  Sanders,  and  Ken  Stevens. 


Friend  in  Washington 

The  Peace  Committee  was  instructed  to 
ascertain  from  Monthly  Meetings  what  their  in- 
terest is  in  providing  financial  support  for  the 
Friend  in  Washington  program.  The  committee 
will  then  forward  the  total  amount  pledged  by 
Meetings  as  a goal  figure  to  the  Friends  Com- 
mittee on  National  Legislation. 


^ ^ <$> 

OVERHEARD  IN  PASSING  . . . 

“There  are  two  kinds  of  Friends  — pastoral  Friends  and 
pasteurized  Friends.”  —Floyd  Schmoe. 

“Friends  can  gossip  to  beat  the  band  out  of  pure  love.” 
— Hugh  Campbell-Brown. 

A teen-age  Friend  (In  a tone  of  real  reverence):  “I  just 

love  those  two  — they’re  so  concerned.” 

^ <$>  ^ 


A MEDITATION 

At  the  opening  of  the  extra  Saturday  afternoon  session, 
arranged  after  certain  frustration  and  confusion  in  the  morn- 
ing meeting,  the  Clerk  shared  with  the  Meeting  a meditation 
that  had  come  to  him  in  the  interval.  Since  it  seems  an 
apposite  to  all  Friends  gatherings,  we  feel  it  should  be 
shared  more  widely. 

Make  us  an  instrument  of  Thy  will.  Teach  us 
to  be  humble.  . . . Help  us  to  understand  the 
meaning  of  our  explosiveness  and  impatience 
with  ourselves.  . . . Can  we  come  to  terms  with 
our  problems  of  freedom  and  control;  authority 
and  individuality;  large  numbers  and  a longing 
for  intimacy;  patience  and  urgency?  We  pray  that 
there  may  be  a “vivid  gathering  of  the  group  into 
a double  relatedness,  at  once  vertical  and 
horizontal.” 

- Edwin  C.  MORGENROTH,  Clerk 

SPECIAL  SESSION  ON  RACE  RELATIONS 

On  Saturday  morning,  Caroline  Estes  reported 
on  her  attendance  as  Yearly  Meeting  delegate 
to  the  fourth  Race  Relations  Conference  held 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Friends  World  Com- 
mittee at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  Although 
the  conference  dealt  with  current  problems  of 
housing,  employment  and  civil  rights,  and  de- 
cided to  continue  for  another  two-year  period,  it 
seemed  to  her  to  lack  a “soul”  — a deep  com- 
mitment. In  a moving  statement,  she  asked 
whether  Friends  realize  that  we  are  in  the  midst 
not  of  reform  but  of  revolution.  How  much  are 
Friends  really  involved? 

Feeling  moved  to  give  deeper  consideration 
to  the  questions  raised  by  the  report.  Friends 
decided  to  hold  a special  general  session  that 
afternoon.  The  Recording  Clerk  summarized  this 
open  session  as  follows: 

The  Meeting  engaged  in  a searching  exercise 
to  understand  the  sources  of  Friends’ uneasiness 
over  our  seeming  lack  of  effective  coming  to 
terms  with  the  explosive  issue  of  race  relations. 
We  feel  a need  to  identify  with  and  give  support 
to  the  non-violent  movement  for  equal  rights.  We 
rejoice  in  the  flowering  of  the  spirit  of  recon- 
ciliation evidenced  by  its  courageous  leaders. 
But  we  also  feel  deeply  the  need  to  understand 
and  love  those  who  oppose  the  struggle  for 
human  dignity.  There  is  more  we  can  do  in  our 
own  communities.  We  hope  cliannels  of  communi- 
cation within  Yearly  Meeting  may  be  found  to 
continue  this  search  and  to  share  those  creative 
activities  which  may  lead  us  to  a deeper  commit- 
ment and  more  dedicated  involvement  in  this 
struggle. 


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FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


EPISTLE 

To  FTiends  Everywhere: 

This  year  as  never  before  we  are  aware  that 
we  are  truly  an  international  Yearly  Meeting. 
With  members  present  from  Canada,  Mexico  and 
the  United  States,  including  Hawaii,  and  with 
business  requiring  us  to  act  as  an  international 
body,  we  rejoice  that  the  Spirit  knows  no  bound- 
aries. We  read  with  gratitude  messages  from 
Friends  everywhere,  including  special  Epistles 
from  London  Yearly  Meeting,  from  Japan  Yearly 
Meeting,  from  the  Reunion  of  Friends  in  Mexico, 
and  from  the  Friends  Group  in  Seoul,  Korea.  We 
welcomed  back  one  of  our  two  representatives 
in  the  Orient,  travelers,  and  American  Friends 
Service  Workers  from  Mexico  and  Tanganyika. 
Our  life  together  was  enriched  by  the  presence 
of  Friends  from  Korea,  Japan  and  New  Zealand. 

In  action,  too,  we  showed  our  new  realization 
of  our  international  character.  We  have  continued 
to  support  the  idea  of  “Friends  in  the  Orient,” 
appointing  two  Canadian  Friends  to  represent  us 
while  they  are  living  in  Singapore  and  later,  as 
way  may  open,  in  other  parts  of  Asia.  We  unite 
in  spirit  with  the  struggles  of  the  Seoul  group  of 
Friends  to  find  its  identity  in  an  area  isolated 
from  other  Friends.  We  unite  also  with  the  con- 
cern of  Friends  in  Mexico  for  a seminar  on  non- 
violence in  conflict  areas  of  Latin  America. 

In  many  ways  we  have  been  forced  to  assess 
our  internal  growth.  With  children  comprising 
fully  half  of  our  membership,  we  are  concerned 
for  their  education  and  for  the  Friendly  back- 
ground we  should  provide  them.  With  the  increase 
in  our  membership  and  of  our  member  Meetings, 
we  wish  to  maintain  and  deepen  acquaintance 
with  one  another;  and  we  have  been  severely 
tried  in  the  effort  to  come  to  terms  with  problems 
of  freedom  and  discipline,  authority  and  indi- 
viduality, patience  and  urgency,  busy-ness  and 
growth  in  depth. 

Moved  by  the  increasing  racial  strife  in  the 
United  States,  we  have  realized  that  this  struggle 
has  grown  into  a major  civil  conflict.  Although 
non-violence  is  an  important  force,  existing  vio- 
lence and  hatred  will  leave  a bitter  harvest.  We 
can  rejoice  in  the  social  revolution  and  in  the 
leadership  it  is  producing.  Yet  we  are  troubled 
about  its  tragedy  and  violence;  we  are  concerned 
about  the  nature  of  our  own  involvement.  Are 
Friends  becoming  so  partisan  that  they  can  no 
longer  find  love  for  those  who  hate  as  for  those 
who  suffer?  Shall  we  be  able  lovingly  to  help 
those  who  will  lose  the  struggle?  Are  we  in  real 
danger  of  finding  ourselves  victors  over  men 
rather  than  over  injustice?  We  are  concerned 
that  our  peace  testimony  be  rightly  related  to 
this  conflict.  We  earnestly  desire  that  in  our  own 
acts,  wherever  we  are,  we  may  truly  practice 
peace. 


In  our  sessions,  as  in  our  lives,  we  cannot 
and  should  not  separate  the  secular  from  the 
divine.  We  have  joined  together  in  worship  and 
found  God  in  our  midst.  We  have  been  aware  of 
God  among  us  no  less  in  our  business  discus- 
sions, in  the  joy  of  our  fellowship  together,  or 
in  the  play  of  small  children  about  us.  In  all  we 
do  and  share,  God  is  among  us  and  in  us,  asking 
no  outward  acknowledgment,  yet  moving  us  to 
inward  recognition  of  His  divine  presence. 

Signed  on  behalf  of  Pacific  Yearly  Meeting 
In  its  17th  session  at  Linfield  College, 
McMinnville,  Oregon,  August  14-18,  1963 
EDWIN  C.  MORGENROTH,  Clerk 

STANDING  COMMITTEE  REPORTS 
Peace  Committee 

Since  last  Yearly  Meeting,  Friends  in  the 
Monthly  Meetings  seem  to  have  moved  to  more 
accord  on  ways  to  witness  for  peace.  In  our  com- 
mittee we  founds  this  year,  not  the  same  sense 
of  urgency  to  persuade  anyone  to  any  particular 
method.  It  is  as  if  our  belief  in  peace  had  been 
tempered  into  a lasting  effort  in  which  we  are 
becoming  comfortable. 

Besides  the  proposals  to  continue  the  Friend 
in  the  Orient  and  Friend  in  Washington  projects, 
and  to  send  a letter  in  support  of  the  test-ban 
treaty  (see  page  1),  we  would  like  to  mention 
these  concerns  from  Monthly  Meetings: 

Training  Center.  Establishment  of  some  type  of 
training  center  in  non-violent  behavior  to  meet 
the  stress  of  our  times.  Instead  of  detailed  sug- 
gestions for  implementing  this  concern,  the 
Peace  Committee  has  prepared  a query: 

In  these  times  when  movements  for  racial  equality 
are  creating  critical  and  explosive  situations,  when 
movements  for  peace  are  subjected  to  skepticism, 
scorn  and  occasional  violence.  Friends  may  well 
look  to  the  depth  and  courage  of  their  spiritual  re- 
sources. Individuals  and  groups  may  expect  to  face 
a variety  of  situations  testing  the  courage  and 
strength  of  their  faith.  Have  we  the  will,  the  forti- 
tude, the  purity  of  purpose  to  testify  to  the  social 
and  religious  concerns  of  our  time  in  the  spirit  of 
humility  and  brotherhood  so  amply  exemplified  by 
Friends  of  other  times? 

Letters  for  Peace.  Roberta  Walen  of  Orange 
Grove  Meeting  is  coordinating  a program  of  let- 
ters for  peace.  The  Committee  has  made  avail- 
able to  those  interested  copies  of  an  outline  for 
this  program.  Further  details  may  be  obtained  by 
writing  to  Roberta  at  530  E.  Orange  Grove  Blvd., 
Pasadena,  California. 

Peace  Centers.  Several  Monthly  Meetings  have 
minuted  the  strengthening  of  Meeting  peace  pro- 
grams that  came  from  joining  with  other  groups 
and  individuals  within  the  community.  Such  joint 
efforts  mitigate  the  uneasiness  we  all  feel  at 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


September,  1963  - Page  5 


times  that  we  may  just  be  talking  to  ourselves. 
Below  are  excerpts  from  Sacramento  Meeting’s 
detailed  description  of  its  cooperation  with  Turn 
Toward  Peace  in  developing  the  Sacramento 
Peace  Center. 

Nationally  and  locally  all  organizations  and  indi- 
viduals that  wish  to  work  for  a world  without  war 
under  law,  with  freedom,  can  relate  their  efforts  with- 
out diluting  their  own  unique  contribution.  In  Sacra- 
mento, peace  leaders  and  also  leaders  of  public 
affairs,  church,  labor  and  professional  organizations 
meet  regularly  to  guide  a community -wide  peace  edu- 
cation effort.  Slowly  the  peace  movement  is  changing 
from  an  isolated  group  to  an  effective  part  of  the 
community. 

The  work  of  educating  the  public  is  divided  among 
100  volunteers,  who  each  become  proficient  in  some 
part  of  the  task  — literature  displays,  speakers 
bureau,  telephone  trees,  poster  programs,  peace 
Christmas  cards,  TV  programs,  feature  stories  in 
newspapers,  contact  with  community  leaders,  and 
spreading  information  on  legislative  action. 

The  task  of  changing  public  opinion  is  looked 
upon  as  a long-term  job,  and  volunteer  leaders  under- 
go periodic  training.  More  than  forty  research  leaders 
throughout  the  country  produce  policy  proposals 
suggesting  initiatives  in  disarmament,  world  law, 
world  community,  meeting  needs  for  social  change, 
economic  planning  for  disarmament,  and  non-violent 
defense  of  freedom. 

Our  experience  leads  us  to  the  conclusion  that 
Turn  Toward  Peace  provides  a needed  forward  step 
for  the  American  peace  movement,  and  encourages 
Friends  to  participate  in  and  help  develop  Peace 
Centers  in  their  own  communities. 

- HARRIET  SCHAFFRAN,  Chairman 


Ministry  and  Oversight 

We  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  Committee  on  Min- 
istry and  Oversight  have  had  an  interesting  year, 
visiting  Meetings,  conferring  with  committees 
on  ministry  and  oversight,  corresponding  with 
one  another  across  great  distances,  and  planning 
some  of  the  gatherings  to  take  place  at  Yearly 
Meeting.  In  all  of  this  we  try  with  our  inner  eye 
to  see  the  invisible  within  the  visible  acts  of 
devotion  to  Friends  Meetings. 

It  has  been  inspiring  to  observe  the  work  of 
local  committees.  The  dual  responsibilities  of 
improving  the  Meeting  for  Worship  and  providing 
pastoral  care  are  not  easy  ones  in  a day  when 
adventurous  and  troubled  persons  often  seek 
peace  and  guidance  in  a Friends  Meeting.  We 
find  Friends  longing  not  only  for  more  time  to 
give  to  their  committee  work,  but  for  wisdom  and 
understanding  as  to  what  to  do  in  situations  of 
deep  personal  need.  We  are  happy  to  report  that 
we  find  many  sensitive  and  gifted  Friends  help- 
ing in  this  respect. 

We  are  encouraged  by  the  growing  self- 
reliance  of  many  Meetings  and  the  development 
of  regional  committees  on  ministry  and  oversight 
in  Southern  California,  College  Park  Quarter, 


and  Northwest  Quarter.  These  regional  com- 
mittees not  only  relieve  the  busy  Yearly  Meeting 
Committee  of  considerable  work  and  expense; 
they  provide  a group  which  can  know  intimately 
the  situations  in  the  Meetings  of  an  area,  they 
can  meet  or  confer  frequently,  and  there  can  be 
continuity  in  their  work  from  year  to  year.  If  the 
recommendation  of  the  March  Interim  Committee 
is  followed,  that  members  of  the  Yearly  Meeting 
Committee  in  a given  region  should  also  be  on 
the  regional  committee,  then  these  committees 
can  be  a vital  link  between  a Monthly  Meeting 
group  and  the  Yearly  Meeting.  We  do  not  forget 
the  values  for  a small  or  discouraged  local  com- 
mittee of  Friends  coming  quite  a distance  to 
express  the  interest  of  Yearly  Meeting  as  a 
whole  in  their  work.  And  the  reverse  is  important: 
if  we  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  Committee  are  to 
garner  the  insights  and  new  ways  of  working 
produced  in  a local  Meeting  and  make  them 
known  to  others,  then  we  must  have  first-hand 
contacts  with  Friends  in  their  own  Meetings. 

— BEATRICE  CROUSE,  Chairman 

Social  Order  Committee 

This  Committee  has  concentrated  its  energies 
during  this  Yearly  Meeting  on  bringing  before  us 
opportunities  to  become  more  vitally  aware  and 
informed  in  those  areas  of  social  concern  in 
which  there  are  either  significant  and  fruitful 
activities  to  report,  or  where  there  appears  to  be 
a serious  neglect  of  responsibility  and  oppor- 
tunity. (I  use  the  word  “appears,”  since  it  is 
not  easy  to  gauge  the  extent  of  Friends’  involve- 
ment in  social  issues  because,  thank  goodness, 
not  all  things  happen  through  committees  or  other 
formalized  channels.)  We  have  been  fortunate  in 
having  excellent  resource  persons  for  our  Yearly 
Meeting  workshops  on  Services  to  Offenders  and 
Indian  Affairs,  as  well  as  fine  reports  on  the 
Friends  Race  Relations  Conference  and  the 
Arizona  loyalty  oath  case.  (These  are  covered 
elsewhere  in  this  issue.) 

Letters  and  minutes  from  several  Monthly 
Meetings  have  helped  us  to  know  that  we  have 
been  devoting  ourselves  to  those  things  which 
are  important  to  the  Meetings. 

Fresno  Meeting  has  minuted  its  concern  for 
equal  rights: 

Since  it  is  our  aim  to  bring  about  a condition  in 
society  where  all  men  have  equality  of  opportunity 
and  since  we  are  concerned  that  historical  patterns 
in  our  country  and  other  countries  have  resulted  in 
discrimination  where  minority  groups  have  been  de- 
prived of  opportunity,  and  have  been  systematically 
segregated  and  deprived  of  their  rights  as  men  equal 
under  God,  we  urge  individual  Friends  and  constit- 
uent meetings  to  work  unstintingly  in  a positive  and 
creative  manner,  without  resort  to  violence,  and 
through  love  of  God  and  their  felloiv  man,  to  do  jvhat 
they  can  to  equalize  opportunity  and  promote  self- 
respect  and  dignity  for  all  groups  uithin  our  nation. 


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FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


Ruth  Schooler  of  Sacramento  Meeting  reports 
that  a proposal  for  rehabilitation  centers  for 
alcoholics  has  been  referred  to  an  interim  study 
committee  of  the  California  Legislature. 

Santa  Fe  Meeting  tells  of  their  concern  for 
control  of  alcohol  and  treatment  of  alcoholics, 
their  active  participation  in  the  Pima  Monthly 
Meeting  loyalty  oath  case,  and  in  Arthur  Mor- 
gan’s efforts  on  behalf  of  education  in  India. 

Delta  Meeting  has  also  expressed  concern 
over  loyalty  oaths,  stating  that  Friends  do  not 
object  to  affirming  their  support  of  the  Consti- 
tution and  the  country,  but  do  object  to  the  dis- 
claimer loyalty  oath. 

As  a committee,  we  are  not  aware  of  the  ex- 
tent of  Friends’  participation  in  civil  liberties 
concerns.  Although  we  believe  more  local  educa- 
tion should  be  undertaken,  we  would  also  en- 
courage Friends  to  join  in  the  national  efforts 
in  this  field,  such  as  the  National  Committee  to 
Abolish  the  House  Un-American  Activities  Com- 
mittee. Writing  on  behalf  of  this  group,  Clarence 
Pickett  states: 

Incontrovertible  evidence  (is)  presented  daily  in  the 
press  and  in  national  periodicals  of  the  strong  and 
growing  movement  in  our  country  to  turn  it  away  from 
its  traditional  democratic  guarantees  toward  a con- 
formist state.  This  movement  is  growing,  in  our 
considered  judgment,  into  an  alarming  threat  to  our 
liberties.  Its  chief  source  of  strength  is  the  House 
Un-American  Activities  Committee. 

We  hope  that  during  the  coming  year  Friends, 
both  individually  and  as  Meetings,  will  actively 
participate  in  many  of  these  areas  where  we  are 
called  upon  to  bear  our  witness  to  the  dignity 
and  freedom  of  man. 

— HERBERT  FOSTER,  Chairman 


SECRETARY’S  REPORT 

Our  37  Monthly  Meetings  reported  a total  of 
1,409  adult  members  as  of  June  1,  an  increase 
of  44  over  last  year.  Of  the  117  new  members, 
70  were  by  convincement,  39  by  transfer,  and 
eight  by  assumption  of  adult  status  by  Junior 
Members.  Losses  totaled  67:  27  by  death,  13  by 
transfer,  and  31  by  withdrawal.  There  are  151 
Friends  from  other  Meetings  attending  here,  and 
approximately  760  attenders.  Of  the  nearly  1,200 
children  under  care  of  our  Meetings,  684  are 
Junior  Members. 

Meeting  activities  have  included: 

Peace  projects,  such  as: 

— support  of  local  peace  centers 

— a non-violence  seminar 


— peace  walks  and  vigils 

— a leadership  peace  conference 

— information  about  draft  alternatives  to  high 
school  seniors 

— seeking  support  from  local  ministers  to 
oppose  nuclear  weapons 

Social  concerns  forwarded  through: 

— sponsorship  of  foster  children  and  a refugee 
family 

— tutoring  of  Negro  students  in  local  schools 

— work  with  prisoners  and  their  families 

— food  and  clothing  collection  for  local  and 
foreign  relief 

— sewing  and  soapmaking  for  relief 

— UNICEF  collections 

— Indian  Center  work 

— work  with  a school  for  retarded  children 

— anti-capital  punishment  statements  sent  to 
legislators  and  newspapers,  plus  vigils  at 
the  time  of  executions 

Public  Meetings,  many  in  cooperation  with  other 
groups,  with  speakers  both  from  Pacific  Yearly 
Meeting  and  from  other  parts  of  the  country  and 
the  world. 

Study  programs 

— on  the  Bible,  Quaker  history  and  practice, 
religious  education  of  our  children,  mysti- 
cism, peace  and  social  concerns 

— using  books  by  Friends  (Rufus  Jones,  How- 
ard Brinton,  Douglas  Steere),  Pendle  Hill 
pamphlets,  recent  publications  on  aspects 
of  peace,  PYM  Discipline,  and  such  other 
works  as  Erich  Fromm’s  The  Art  of  Loving, 
Sharman’s  Jesus  as  Teacher,  and  de  Nouy’s 
Human  Destiny. 

— use  of  Quaker  Dialogues 
Growth  and  outreach  through 

— development  of  a college  group 

— setting  up  a literature  box  at  a busy  street- 
corner 

— visitation  of  other  Meetings 

— holding  Monthly  Meetings  for  Business  in  a 
home  so  members  may  become  better  ac- 
quainted 

— production  of  a TV  program  on  Friends 

— work  with  Friends  Schools 

— conferences  with  Friends  in  four  other 
Yearly  Meetings 

— property  development  and  Meetinghouse 
construction 

- MILDRED  BURCK 
Corvallis  Meeting 


PHYSICIAN  WANTED  to  share  or  alternate  general  practice, 
pleasant  office,  Honolulu  suburb,  to  enable  free  time  for 
medical  missions.  Reply  to  Box  32-1,  Friends  Bulletin, 
1616  Tenth  Avenue,  San  Francisco  22,  Calif.  Adv. 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


September,  1963  - Page  9 


1963  REGISTER  - PACIFIC  YEARLY  MEETING 


ACHESON,  Edna 
2705  S.  E.  River  Road 
Portland  22,  Oregon 
ACORD,  John 

P.  0.  Box  55,  La  Verne,  Calif. 
ADLERCRON,  Lillias 
Box  534,  Route  3,  Carmel,  Calif. 
AFFOLTER,  Ruth,  Jeanne,  Paul 
10218  - 147th  Avenue  S.  E. 
Renton,  Washington 
ATKINSON,  Hertha 
500  Melrose  East,  Apt.  704 
Seattle  2,  Washington 
AUBLE,  Margaret,  Mary 
(c/o  Conrow) 

AUF  der  HEIDE,  Ingrid 
1351  Sonoma  Dr.,  Altadena,  Calif. 
AUSTIN,  Ethel 
(c/o  Hornig) 

BAILEY,  Lois,  Jeanne 
13864  Sayre  St.,  Sylmar,  Calif. 
BAKER,  Margaret  W. 

609  Tulane  N.  E., 

Albuquerque,  N.  M. 

BARNS,  Robert 
Route  1,  Box  J-45 
Nevada  City,  California 
BARNETT,  Virginia,  Molly, 
Frederick 
Route  3,  Box  3247 
Bainbridge  Island,  Washington 
BARTON,  Lois,  Edith,  Margaret, 
Mary,  Frances 

Route  4,  Box  319,  Eugene,  Oregon 
BAUMANN,  Jane  H. 

409  Calle  de  las  Animas 
Santa  Fe,  Ne\w  Mexico 
BAUMGARTNER,  Carl 
5301  East  Falls  View  Drive 
San  Diego  15,  California 
BELLINGER,  Lola 
2093  Mil!  S.  E.,  Salem,  Oregon 
BERNHOEFT,  Renato 
Caixa  Postal  1594 
Curitaba,  Parana,  Brazil 
BIXBY,  Caroline 
(c/o  Victor) 

BRIDGE,  Stephen  A. 

1634  Osos  Street 
San  Luis  Obispo,  California 
BRINK,  Paula 

2471  Ross  Road,  Palo  Alto,  Calif. 
BROADRIBB,  Violet 
3512  S.  E.  9th  Avenue 
Portland  2,  Oregon 
BROOKS,  Margaret  H. 

Rt.  1,  Willowbrook  6,  Davis,  Calif. 
BROWN,  Linda,  Joni 
429  N.  36th  St.,  Corvallis,  Oregon 
BRUFF,  Judy 

nil  Whitley,  Whittier,  California 
BRUNER,  Catherine 
1603  Woodland  Drive 
Stockton  7,  California 
BRUNER,  Dick  8<  Helen,  Gail,  Ann, 
David,  Margaret 

108  Frost  Drive,  Woodland,  Calif. 
BRYAN,  Sally,  Barbara,  Jon 
4517  - 48th  Avenue  N.  E. 

Seattle  5,  Washington 
BURCK,  Clarence  Mildred, 

Gordon,  Roger,  Ellen 
120  Vineyard  Dr.,  Corvallis,  Ore. 
BYERLY,  Olin  & Lucille,  Robert, 
Sandra,  Larry,  Betty 
4411  River  Road,  Eugene,  Oregon 


BYLL,  Mary 
(c/o  Conrow) 

CAMPBELL-BROWN,  Hugh 
3009  - 31st  Avenue 
Vernon,  B.  C.,  Canada 
CAPPER-JOHNSON,  Karlin 
6535  S.  W.  Scholls  Ferry  Road 
Portland  23,  Oregon 
CARSNER,  Eubank§ 

3920  Bandini  Ave.,  Riverside,  Cal. 
CARSON,  Harold  8<  Faith,  John, 
Edward 

10110  N.  E.  60th,  Houghton,  Wash. 
CETERAS,  James  & Sally,  Sarah, 

Seth 

Rt.  1,  BoxJ-26,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
CHINN,  Ronald  &.  Eleanor,  Marilyn 
West  312  Holland  Road 
Spokane  53,  Washington 
CHO,  Dong  Suk 

c/o  Pendle  Hill,  Wallingford,  Penn. 
CLAUSS,  George 
613  S.  E.  41st  Avenue 
Portland  14,  Oregon 
COE,  Charles  & Margarete 
17010  - 26th  N.  E. 

Seattle  55,  Washington 
CONROW,  Sara,  Roger,  Teri,  Connie 
958  Lawrence  Lane,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

COOK,  Horace 

4570  Dewey  Ave.,  Riverside,  Cal. 
COWGER,  Mildred,  Gisela,  Christina 
Rt.  2,  Box  233,  Scio,  Oregon 
COX,  Cathy 
6012  Cloverly  Avenue 
Temple  City,  California 
COX,  Cleo 

4738  N.  24th  Place,  Phoenix,  Ariz. 
COX,  Garfield  & Jeannette 
415  W.  11th  St.,  Claremont,  Calif. 
CHRICHTCN,  Edward  (Bob) 

Rt.  1,  Box  J-26,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
CRONINGER,  Charles  & Virginia 
51081^  Romaine  Street 
Los  Angeles  29,  California 
CROSBIE,  Ruth 
Argenta,  B.  C.,  Canada 
CROUSE,  Paton  & Beatrice 
1238  - 111th  Avenue  N.  E. 

Bellevue,  Washington 
CROZIER,  Ruth  Ann 
Waldport,  Oregon 
CUNNINGHAM,  B.  J. 

7174  Silverado  Trail,  Napa,  Calif. 

DARLING,  Benjamin  8.  Henrietta 
11728  Exeter  N.  E. 

Seattle  55,  Washington 
DART,  Francis  8<  Alice,  Helen, 
Eleanor,  Paul 

2635  Emerald  St.,  Eugene,  Oregon 
DART,  Leonard  & Martha,  Mary, 

Ruth,  David,  Sara 
421  W.  8th  St.,  Claremont,  Calif. 
DAVENPORT,  Mary,  Glinda 
2770  W.  5th  Avenue 
Vancouver  8,  B.  C.,  Canada 
DAVIS,  Olivia  W. 

2330  Lawton  Drive 
Lemon  Grove,  California 
DAVIS,  Paul  & Crystalle,  Martha,  Joy 
Rt.  3,  Box  316-A,  Dallas,  Oregon 
DAWSON,  Doris  & Hugh  Brendal 
(c/o  Ann  Sims) 


DECKER,  Frieda,  Ellen,  Jan 
1310  Campus  Drive,  Berkeley  8,  Cal. 

de  LACKNER,  Thomas  8.  Ruth 
Argenta,  B.  C.,  Canada 
DENNIS,  Walter  & Ardelle,  Diane 
2045  S.  E.  130th  Avenue 
Portland  33,  Oregon 
DERBY,  Richard  8.  Marjorie, 

Eleanor,  Andrew 
7715  Laurie  Way, 

Sacramento  32,  California 
DODD,  Don  8<  Alura,  Terry, 

Nina,  Mitch,  Doug,  Mary, 

Jeanie,  Celeste 
Rt.  5,  Box  621,  Everett,  Wash. 
DODSON,  Esther  M. 

P.  0.  Box  152, 

Chandler  Heights,  Arizona 
DRESSLAR,  Marty 
14623  - 22nd  S.  W. 

Seattle  66,  Washington 
DuBOIS,  Frank,  Kim 
Everson,  Washington 
DUNHAM,  David  8>  Jackie,  Jasper, 
Nathan,  Jefferson,  David  L. 

Rt.  1,  Box  366,  Monroe,  Washington 

EDDY,  Tissa 
1330  Miles  Avenue 
Pacific  Grove,  California 
ELKINTON,  Elizabeth  R. 

1205  N.  Yakima,  Apt.  2 
Tacoma,  Washington 
ENGSTRAND,  Richard 
1507  Grant  St.,  Berkeley,  Calif. 
ERNST,  Richard  8<  Van,  Rusty, 

Andy,  Martine 
4 Presidio  Terrace 
San  Francisco  18,  California 
ESTES,  James  8<  Caroline, 

Maria  Silva,  Sally  Poh 
2917  Ashby  Ave.,  Berkeley  5,  Cal. 
ETTER,  Mary,  John,  Kristina, 

Hanya,  Teddy 

2815  Elinor  St.,  Eugene,  Oregon 


FISCHER,  Pierre  8<  Constance, 

Eric,  Alan 

501  Eddy  Ave.,  Missoula,  Montana 
FITINGHOFF,  Laura 
1225  Hedding  St.,  San  Jose,  Calif. 
FOSTER,  Herbert 
118  Miles  St.,  Santa  Cruz,  Calif. 
FRENCH,  David  8.  Alice 
P.  0.  Box  55,  LaVerne,  Calif. 


GIBSON,  David  M. 

593  Gerona  Rd.,  Stanford,  Calif. 
GOODENOUGH,  Rosemary 
26870  Moody  Road,  Los  Altos,  Cal. 
GRACEY,  John 

Kanagan  Landing,  B.  C.,  Canada 
GROVE,  Kitty,  Jim,  Malcolm 
13809  Sunset  Blvd.  E. 

Renton,  Washington 
GRUBB,  Zelda 
1200  S.  Windsor  Boulevard 
Los  Angeles  19,  California 
GONZALEZ,  Ignacio 
Margaritas  387, 

Mexico  20,  D.  F.,  Mexico 
GUTKIN,  Maury  8<  Helen,  Ricki 
6037  Kauffman  Avenue 
Temple  City,  California 


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HANSEN,  Mary  M.  G. 

1604  Oleander  Ave.,  Chico,  Calif. 
HARASTA,  Susan 
5330  La  Roda  Avenue 
Los  Angeles  41,  Calif. 

HARRIS,  Virginia,  Leslie 
1616  Tenth  Avenue 
San  Francisco  22,  California 
HECK,  Otto  & Virginia,  Tom, 

Nancy,  Chrissy,  Douglas 
2811  Forest  Ave.,  Berkeley  5,  Cal. 
HELBURN,  Nicholas,  Peter 
Route  2,  Bozeman,  Montana 
HEMPHILL,  Hazel 
1134  Terwilliger  Plaza 
Portland  1,  Oregon 
HILFINGER,  Shirley 
1002  E.  Las  Palmaritas  Drive 
Phoenix  20,  Arizona 
HINSHAW,  Sheldon 
800  N.  Center  St.,  Newberg,  Oregon 
HIRABAYASHI,  Jay 
11645  - 91st  Avenue 
Edmonton,  Alta.,  Canada 

HOFF,  Wilbur  & B’Anne,  Christine, 
Rebecca,  Mark,  Jennifer 
6049  Skyline  Boulevard 
Oakland  11,  California 
HOGAN,  Roberta,  Lyndell,  Boyd, 
Ralph,  Michael,  Maura 
Rt.  2,  Box  402 
San  Luis  Obispo,  California 
HOGENAUER,  Sue 
310  N.  E.  170th  Street 
Seattle  55,  Washington 
HOGLE,  George  & Lois,  Allan, 
Stephen,  Francie 
2000  Page  Mill  Road 
Palo  Alto,  California 
HOLDEN,  Leonard  & Eloise,  Lenne, 
Julie,  William,  Meri 
6402  N.  48th  St.,  Tacoma  7,  Wash. 
HORNIG,  Florence,  Ruth 
1185  Blewett,  San  Jose,  Calif. 
HOUSE,  Gerri 

2247  Garfias  Dr.,  Pasadena,  Calif. 
HUBBE,  Gerhard  & Ellen,  John, 

Sara,  Lise,  Cameron 
880  W.  16th  Ave.,  Eugene,  Oregon 
HULING,  Betsy 

1211  Arno  S.  E.,  Albuquerque,  N.M. 

ILLSLEY,  Norman  & Ednah,  John, 
Jane 

380  Christina  Way 
San  Luis  Obispo,  California 
IMMERWAHR,  Raymond 
112  N.  W.  189th  Street 
Seattle  77,  Washington 
ISELY,  Mary  B. 

820  N.  Martin,  Aberdeen,  Wash. 
ISHIDA,  Yasuo  (Cheecye)  & Pauline 
6640  Washington,  St.  Louis  30,  Mo. 


JAMES,  Anna  E. 

Box  2472,  Carmel,  California 
JAMES,  Melody 

1003  Alvarado,  Walla  Walla,  Wash. 
JARVI,  Mary,  Lydia,  George 
1122  N.  13th  St.,  Corvallis,  Ore. 
JOHNSON,  Virginia 

45  W.  24th  St.,  Eugene,  Oregon 
JONES,  Herbert  & Pauline 
820  S.  Baywood  Avenue 
San  Jose  28,  California 


JONES,  Larry  & Marion,  Eric,  Robin 
Apt.  1,  Dana  Hall 
McMinnville,  Oregon 
JONES,  Phyllis  G. 

3565  Angwin  Drive 
San  Diego  23,  California 
JORGENSEN,  Mary,  Paul,  Mark 
919  Creston  Road 
Berkeley  8,  California 
JUMP,  Ellis  & Margaret,  Connie, 
Leyton,  Janet 
2806  N.  E.  Alameda 
Portland  12,  Oregon 

KANEMITSU,  Harue 
Rt.  1,,  Box  J-26 
Nevada  City,  California 
KEELER,  Sanno 
21373  Aldercroft  Heights  Road 
Los  Gatos,  California 
KIRK,  Elisha  & Alice 
Rt.  2,  Box  274,  Tucson,  Arizona 
KLASEEN,  Violet,  Theo,  Sven, 
JoAnna,  Elin 
Box  2142,  Buckeye  Route 
Redding,  California 
KRAMER,  Albert  & Elizabeth, 

George,  Carol 

13589  Herron  St.,  Sylmar,  Calif. 

LACK,  Clarence  & Clara,  Jonathan, 
Christopher 
963  Lawrence  Lane 
Palo  Alto,  California 
LAWRENCE,  Grace  S. 

135  N.  26th  St.,  Corvallis,  Oregon 
LEIN  BACH,  Albert  & Esther, 

Cathryn,  Kevin 

1379  E.  21st  Ave.,  Eugene,  Oregon 
LEWIS,  Gordon  & Ellen 
Box  531,  Imperial,  California 
LOHANS,  Walter  & Mildred,  Alison, 
Ellen,  Stephen,  Kathy,  Brian 
8700  S.  Reed  Avenue,  Rt.  1 
Reedley,  California 
LORENZ,  Margaret 
535  W.  10th  Avenue 
Vancouver,  B.  C.,  Canada 
LOWMAN,  Dave 
3202  Los  Gatos  Highway 
Santa  Cruz,  California 

MAGRAW,  Liz  Anne 
Waldron,  Washington 
MAIER,  Henry  & Jeanne,  Peter,  Scott 
11030  Sand  Point  Way 
Seattle  25,  Washington 
MALLALIEU,  Jessalee 

1414  Vista  Terrace,  Corvallis,  Ore. 
MANNERS,  Richard  & June,  Ann, 

Mark,  Gail 

9632  Brockway  PL,  El  Monte,  Cal. 
MARSHALL,  Elma 
133  S.  Washington,  Whittier,  Calif. 
MARTIN,  Robert  & Roberta,  Craig, 
Laura,  Doug,  Chris 
3604  S.  E.  Schiller,  Portland  2,  Ore. 

McAllister,  Frances,  John 
1024  Armada  Dr.,  Pasadena,  Calif. 
McCARROLL,  Meg,  Edward 
701  Encanada,  La  Habra,  Calif. 
McCRACKEN,  Loyd  & Eula 
11165  Roswell  Ave.,  Pomona,  Cal. 
McCREARY,  Jeanne 
8072  Broadway  Terrace 
Oakland,  California 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 

McEVERS,  Jim 

10839  N.  E.  84th,  Kirkland,  Wash. 
MclNNES,  Robert  & Betty,  Nancy, 

Craig,  Margaret,  Alan 
1301  Madrone  Place,  Davis,  Calif. 
MclNTYRE,  Thomas  & Louise 
Rt.  2,  Box  178,  Fallon,  Nevada 
McLANE,  Marcia,  Jonathan, 

Margaret,  Mike,  Heather 
Carlin,  Nevada 

MEYER,  Isaiah,  Dana,  Evan,  Sybil 
2691  Sierra  Boulevard 
Sacramento  25,  California 
MILES,  Ross  & Laura 
963  Parkway  Drive  N.  W. 

Salem,  Oregon 

MILES,  Ward  & Alice,  David,  Joel, 
Prudence,  Stuart 

1716  - 36th  Ave.,  Seattle  22,  Wash. 
MILLER,  Ethel  M. 

Route  2,  Box  2352 
Winslow,  Bainbridge  Island,  Wash. 
MILLIKAN,  Clare 

60  Kingston  Road,  Berkeley  7,  Cal. 
MILLS,  Sumner  & Lela 
R.  D.  3,  Box  847-R 
Indianapolis  41,  Indiana 
MONTAGUE,  Margaret 
Argenta,  B.  C.,  Canada 
MOORE,  Virgil 

245  N.  E.  61st  Avenue,  Apt.  6 
Portland  13,  Oregon 
MORGAN,  Karen 

14551  Dyer  Street,  Sylmar,  Calif. 
MORGAN,  Merle 
12907  S.  W.  62nd  Avenue 
Portland  19,  Oregon 
MORGENROTH,  Edwin 
2721  Fifth  Avenue 
Corona  del  Mar,  California 
MOSER,  Mara 

196  N.  Euclid,  Pasadena,  Calif. 
MOSER,  Robin  and  Clara 
P.  0.  Box  1110,  Portland  7,  Ore. 

NARIAI,  Toyoo 
Tokyo,  Japan 
NEWTON,  James,  Alice 
5027  W.  Waite  PL,  Glendale,  Ariz. 
NUHN,  Ferner 

420  W.  8th,  Claremont,  California 
NUSSBAUM,  Laureen,  Ralph,  Fred, 
Doreen 

344  N.  W.  Macleay  Boulevard 
Portland  10,  Oregon 

OETTINGER,  Margaret 
874  Cascade  Dr.  N.  W.,  Salem,  Ore. 
OREDSON,  Vincent  & Dorothy, 

Vincent,  Jane 

785  Pracht  Street,  Ashland,  Oregon 
OSTA,  Winifred 

1847  Grove  St.,  Berkeley  3,  Calif. 

PAGET,  Claire,  Gail,  Diane 
P.  0.  Box  808,  Grass  Valley,  Cal. 
PALLEY,  Marshall  & Meg,  David, 

Judy,  Jon,  Becky 
1617  Spruce  St.,  Berkeley,  Calif. 
PEARSON,  Cecil  & Mary 
68  S.  Chenango  St.,  Greene,  N.  Y. 
PECKHAM,  Mr.  & Mrs.  William, Mrs. 

Mary,  Melodie,  Carol,  Mary  Cadence 
2675  Whistler’s  Park  Road 
Roseburg,  Oregon 


FRIENDS  BUI.  LETiN 

PEERY,  Trusten 
5306  S.  W.  Hewett  Boulevard 
Portland  21,  Oregon 
PINNEY,  Phil  & Sonya,  Heather,  Eric 
Rt.  2,  Box  854  Oregon  City,  Ore. 
PINNEY,  Ralph  & Dorothy,  Nancy, 
Daniel,  Bonnie,  Julia 
437  W.  Longden,  Arcadia,  Calif. 
PLYMPTON,  Alice  B. 

2545  S.  W.  Terwilliger,  Apt.  816 
Portland  1,  Oregon 
POLLARD,  Mary  I. 

543V2  N.  Greenleaf,  Whittier,  Calif. 
POTTS,  Marie 
2727  Santa  Clara  Way 
Sacramento,  California 
PRICE,  Reginald,  Margaret 
1358  - 40th  Street 
Sacramento  19,  California 
PRIDEAUX,  John,  Joy 
Rt.  1,  Lyons,  Oregon 
PROCTOR,  Dorothy,  Mickey  Graham 
445  Seale  Ave.,  Palo  Alto,  Calif. 

RAITT,  Walt,  Ron,  Heather 
602  Hurstview,  Monrovia,  Calif. 
REYNOLDS,  Delbert  & Julia,  Paul, 
Ellen,  Sara,  Martha,  Anna 
Rt.  1,  Box  J-26,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
RICHARDS,  Howard  & Esther 
2814  N.  E.  27th  Street 
Portland  12,  Oregon 
ROCKWELL,  Amelia 
1421  Almond  Avenue 
Santa  Barbara,  California 
RONNE,  John,  Loraine,  Randy 
Rt.  1,  Box  355-B,  Olympia,  Wash. 
ROSE,  Patricia,  Shirley,  Stanley, 

John,  Lester 

P.  0.  Box  1006,  Grass  Valley,  Cal. 
ROYER,  Catherine 
1416  N.  E.  41st  Street 
Seattle  5,  Washington 
RUDNICK,  Gretchen  S. 

405  Vincente  Way,  La  Jolla,  Calif. 

SANDOVAL,  Lucy 
Monteverde  70 
Hermosillo,  San.,  Mexico 
SCHAFFRAN,  Harriet 
700  Hancock  Way,  El  Cerrito,  Calif. 
SCHEFFER,  Beth 
14806  S.  E.  54th,  Bellevue,  Wash. 
SCHMOE,  Agnes,  Judy 
Rt.  2,  Box  5070,  Issaquah,  Wash. 
SCHMOE,  Floyd  & Ruth 
13434  - 40th  N.  E. 

Seattle  55,  Washington 
SCHNEIDER,  Cora,  Dean 
3220  - 38th  Avenue  West 
Seattle  99,  Washington 
SCHOLL,  Lewis 

4521  S.  Park,  Tacoma,  Washington 
SCHOOLER,  Ruth  A. 

1314  "0"  Street,  Apt.  2 
Sacramento  14,  California 
SCHUTZ,  David 

1304  Acton  St.,  Berkeley  6,  Calif. 
SCOTT,  Howard  & Ruane,  Karen, 
Kenneth,  Kayleen,  Kathryn 
3320  N.  30th,  Tacoma  7,  Wash 
SEAMAN,  Herberts.  Esther,  Anne, 
Eric,  Lyle,  Craig,  Emil 
Box  534,  Waldport,  Oregon 
SEAVER,  Benjamin  & Madge 
1191  Stanyan  Street 
San  Francisco  17,  California 


SEDELL,  Margaret 
2635  N.  E.  Ridgewood  Drive 
Portland  12,  Oregon 
SELKER,  Alan  & Liselotte,  Mike, 
Diane,  Eric,  Ted,  Frank,  John 
947  Federal  Avenue  East 
Seattle  2,  Washington 
SHADE,  Barbara 

Rt.  1,  Box  J-26,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
SHAW,  Stanley  & Clara 
2500  N.  Lawrence,  Tacoma,  Wash. 
SHEPPARD,  Dorothy 
Suite  6 , 2486  W.  3rd  Avenue 
Vancouver  9,  B.  C.,  Canada 
SHERWIN,  Peter  & Elsa 
3211  Fuhrman  Avenue  East 
Seattle  2,  Washington 
SIMS,  Ann 

2006  Sand  Hill  Road 
Menlo  Park,  California 
SKORPEN,  Erlingg.  Liesel,  Kirsten, 
Kim,  Paul,  Beret 
210  Maple  St.,  Reno,  Nevada 
SMITH,  Harvey  & Ruth,  Sandy 
18  Sunset  Dr.,  Berkeley  7,  Calif. 

SMITH,  Melinda 

Rt.  1,  Box  J-26,  Nevada  City,  Cal. 
SMITH,  Robert  Morris 
3214  S.  W.  Marigold  Street 
Portland  19,  Oregon 
SORENSEN,  Eugenia 
1127  Greenwood  Avenue 
Palo  Alto,  California 
STEVENS,  Ken  & Dorothy,  Chris, 

Sue,  Joy,  Jennie,  Roy 
8-3473  California  Avenue 
Modesto,  California 
STEVENSON,  John  & Helen,  David 
Argenta,  B.  C.,  Canada 
STRAKA,  Polly 

243  Rinconada,  Palo  Alto,  Calif. 
STRITMATTER,  Joseph  & Helen, 
David,  Chi  Chi,  Roger 
8031  - 124th  N.  E. 

Kirkland,  Washington 
STUBBART,  Shafer  8.  Dorothy, 

Marice,  Kathryn,  John,  Betty 
9 Slade  Dr.,  Honolulu  14,  Hawaii 
SUDDRETH,  James 
933  Creston  Rd.,  Berkeley  8,  Calif. 
SWIFT,  Charles  & Miriam,  Priscilla, 
William 

3520  S.  Cloverdale  Avenue 
Los  Angeles  16,  California 

TARAN,  John  & Christina,  Patrick, 
Malcolm,  Theresa 
5245  Brooklyn  N.  E. 

Seattle  5,  Washington 
TE  HEU  HEU,  Timothy 
P.  0.  Box  224 
Taumarunui,  New  Zealand 
THATCHER,  Monette,  Jay,  Osa,  Ellen 
1812  Villard,  Eugene,  Oregon 
THOMAS,  David 
962  Ordway,  Albany,  California 
THOMAS,  Megan 
129  Clark  Dr.,  San  Mateo,  Calif. 
THORNBURG,  Russell  & Beulah 
540  N.  5th,  Corvallis,  Oregon 
TRUE,  Ramon 
300  Alpine  Creek  Road 
La  Honda,  California 
TUTHILL,  Gretchen 
3840  Skyline  Rd.,  Carlsbad,  Calif. 


September,  1963  - Page  9 
ULLMAN,  John 

2222  Felspar  St.,  San  Diego  9,  Cal. 
UNDERHILL,  Wanda 
3962  Bettencourt  Court 
Fremont,  California 
UNNEWEHR,  Lewis  & Jean,  David, 
Laura,  Dana,  Janet 
3227  Deluna  Drive 
Palos  Verdes  Estates,  California 
URNER,  Jack  & Carol,  Julie,  Kirby 
4515  N.  E.  12th  Avenue 
Portland  11,  Oregon 


VAIL,  Arthur  & Edith 
Rt.  2,  Box  5B,  Fallbrook,  Calif. 
VAN  DOLSEN,  Foy  & Elizabeth, 
Michael 

The  Farm,  Seaview  Road 
Cazadero,  California 
VAN  DYKE,  Henry  & Ruth,  Rebecca, 
Susan,  Ruth,  Stephanie 
3300  Van  Buren,  Corvallis,  Oregon 
VERNON,  Edith 
5533  California  Street 
San  Francisco  21,  California 
VICTOR,  Ralph  & Polly,  Joyce, 
Andrew,  Matthew,  Naomi 
2214  - 72nd  Avenue  S.  E. 

Mercer  Island,  Washington 
VISSCHER,  Wendy,  Tim,  Heidi,  Judy 
Kelly  Canyon,  Route  2 
Bozeman,  Montana 
VLASKAMP,  Joseph 
1520  Race  St.,  Philadelphia  2,  Pa. 


WALKER,  Catherine 
26  08  Bryant,  Palo  Alto,  California 
WALKER,  Jane 

1260  Campus  Dr.,  Berkeley  8,  Cal. 
WALLEN,  Kim 

4020  S.  W.  Lee,  Portland  1,  Oregon 
WARDLAW,  William 
c/o  Lowe,  Apt.  2-M 
875  W.  181st  Street 
New  York  33,  New  York 
WASHINGTON,  Ed 
103  Ramona  Road 
Portola  Valley,  California 
WASHINGTON,  Mike 
Argenta,  B.  C.,  Canada 
WEBER,  Georges 
Hacienda  Carmel,  Apt.  90 
Carmel,  California 
WEBSTER,  Jane 
2837  E.  22nd  Street 
Tucson,  Arizona 
WEIGL,  Vally 
55  W.  95th  Street 
New  York  25,  New  York 


WELLS,  Marjorie,  Jane,  Janice,  Jack 
123  Richardson  Street 
Grass  Valley,  California 
WELLS,  Phillip  & Marguerite,  Martha 
6350  Trelawney  Avenue 
Temple  City,  California 
WENGERT,  Robert 
4795  Center  Way,  Eugene,  Oregon 
WHITAKER,  Frances 
1506  Madrona  Drive 
Seattle  22,  Washington 
WILLARD,  John,  Chris 
13671  S.  E.  37th,  Bellevue,  Wash. 


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FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


WOLCOTT,  Roy 
26511  Altamont  Road 
Los  Altos,  California 
WOLL,  Patricia 
1826  E.  Hamlin  Street 
Seattle  2,  Washington 


WOODRUFF,  Mike 
2358  Corona  Court,  Berkeley,  Cal. 

WOODSON,  Frances 
540  W.  165th  Street 
New  York  32,  New  York 


YOUNG,  Dale  & Jean,  Kay,  JoAnne, 
Leslie,  Niel 

Rt.  3,  Box  195-A,  Kent,  Wash. 
YOUNG,  Robert  & Asenath,  Leslie 
535  Fremont  Dr.,  Pasadena,  Calif. 
ZOOLE,  Karen 


PACIFIC  YEARLY  MEETING  APPOINTMENTS 


Presiding  Clerk Edwin  Morgenroth  (Orange  Grove) 

Assistant  Clerk Gretchen  Tuthill  (La  Jolla) 

Recording  Clerk Walt  Raitt  (Orange  Grove) 

Reading  Clerk Robert  Barns  (Berkeley) 

Statistical  Secretary. Mildred  Burck  (Corvallis) 

Treasurer Robert  Young  (Orange  Grove) 


AFSC  CORPORATION  REPRESENTATIVES 

Term  Expires 


Virginia  Barnetf  (University)  1964 

Jane  Baumann  (Santa  Fe)  1965 

Vern  James  (Palo  Alto)  1964 

John  Ullman  (La  Jolla)  J965 


BULLETIN  COMMITTEE 

Madge  Seaver,  Chairman  (San  Francisco) 

Virginia  Harris,  Editor  (Ex  Officio)  (San  Francisco) 
Helen  Bruner  (Sacramento) 

Jackie  Dunham  (Eastside) 

Elizabeth  Estrada  (Pima) 

Jim  Estes  (San  Francisco) 

Brent  Howell  (Orange  Grove) 

Betsy  Huling  (Albuquerque) 

Clara  Lack  (Palo  Alto) 

Grace  Lawrence  (Corvallis) 

Esther  Richards  (Multnomah) 

Gretchen  Rudnick  (La  Jolla) 

Dorothy  Sheppard  (Vancouver) 


DISCIPLINE  COMMITTEE 

Ferner  Nuhn,  Chairman  (Claremont) 
Margaret  Brooks  (Davis) 

Dorothy  Bruff  (Whitleaf) 

Margaret  Jump  (Multnomah) 

Richard  Manners  (Orange  Grove) 
Clifford  Maser  (Corvallis) 

Edwin  Sanders  (Orange  Grove) 
Harriet  Schaffran  (Berkeley) 

Ruth  Schmoe  (University) 

Marguerite  Wells  (Orange  Grove) 
James  Wendell  (San  Francisco) 


Term  Expires 
Publication  date 

1964 

1965 

Publication  Date 

1966 
1966 

Publication  Date 
1966 
1965 

1964 

1965 


EDUCATION  COMMITTEE 
Crystalle  Davis,  Chairman  (Salem) 

Shirley  Hicks  (Albuquerque) 

Marjorie  Wells  (Orange  Grove) 

Plus  Chairmen  of  Education  committees  of 
Half  Yearly  and  Quarterly  Meetings 


FINANCE  COMMITTEE 


Term  Expires 


Paton  Crouse,  Chairman  (Eastside)  1965 

William  Bruff  (Whitleaf)  1964 

Olin  Byerly  (Eugene)  1965 

Clarence  (Ted)  Cunningham  (Berkeley)  1964 

Otto  Heck  (Berkeley)  1965 

Robert  Mclnnes  (Davis)  1965 


FCNL  REPRESENTATIVES 
Barbara  Elfbrandt  (Pima) 
Carol  Urner  (Multnomah) 


FRIENDS  WORLD  COMMITTEE  REPRESENTATIVES 

Term  Expires 


Francis  Dart  (Eugene)  1965 

Rega  Engelsberg  (Orange  Grove)  1965 

Virginia  Heck  (Berkeley)  1966 

Melody  James  (Eastside)  1966 

Floyd  Schmoe  (University)  1964 


HISTORY  COMMITTEE 

Caroline  Estes,  Chairman  (San  Francisco) 

Herbert  Jones  (College  Park) 

Margaret  Lorenz  (Vancouver) 

Ed  Thatcher  (Eugene) 

Phillip  Wells  (Orange  Grove) 

Local  Committee: 

Sara  Conrow  (Palo  Alto) 

Peter  Bulbrandsen  (Berkeley) 

Anna  James  (Monterey  Peninsula) 

MINISTRY  AND  OVERSIGHT  COMMITTEE 

Term  Expires 


Catherine  Bruner,  Chairman  (Delta)  1965 

Hugh  Campbell-Brown  (Vancouver)  1964 

Beatrice  Crouse  (Eastside)  1964 

Walt  Lohans  (Fresno)  1965 

Reginald  Price  (Sacramento)  1965 

Margaret  Simkin  (Los  Angeles)  1965 

Monette  Thatcher  (Eugene)  1964 

Jane  Webster  (Pima)  1965 

Phillip  Wells  (Orange  Grove)  1964 


PEACE  COMMITTEE 

Reorganizing  - Chairman  to  be  appointed 

SOCIAL  ORDER  COMMITTEE 
Ralph  Pinney,  Chairman  (Orange  Grove) 

Local  Committee: 

LisI  Auf  der  Heide  (Orange  Grove) 

Maury  Gutkin  (Orange  Grove) 

Albert  Kramer  (San  Fernando) 

Ian  Thiermann  (Santa  Monica) 

Corresponding  Members: 

Vernon  Elfbrandt  (Pima) 

Herb  Foster  (Santa  Cruz) 

Jean  Prideaux  (Eugene) 

Lisa  Selker  (University) 

VISITATION  COMMITTEE 

Dorothy  and  Kenneth  Stevens,  Chairmen  (Delta) 
George  Clauss  (Multnomah) 

John  and  Nan  Dorland  (Orange  Grove) 

Clara  and  Baxter  Hum  (Phoenix) 

Beach  and  Catherine  Langston  (Orange  Grove) 
Clara  and  Stanley  Shaw  (Tacoma) 

YOUNG  FRIENDS  ADVISORS 
Senior  High: 

Dorothy  Proctor  (Palo  Alto) 

Phillip  Wells  (Orange  Grove) 

Junior  High: 

Foy  Van  Dolsen  (Claremont) 

Mary  Jorgensen  (Berkeley) 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


September,  1963  — Page  11 


JUNIOR  YEARLY  MEETING 


YOUNG  FRIENDS  EPISTLE 

Dear  Friends, 

This  Yearly  Meeting  the  Young  Friends  found 
that  expected  unity  and  deep  fellowship  that 
usually  came  spontaneously  before  had  to  be 
worked  for  rather  than  be  taken  for  granted.  We 
all  went  to  our  meetings  and  followed  our  sched- 
ules, but  there  was  no  feeling  of  unity  or  depth 
to  the  group. 

When  the  Young  Friends  finally  realized  this 
lack  and  shared  their  concern,  the  silent  spirit 
of  Yearly  Meeting  began  to  emerge,  gaining 
momentum  with  every  new  group  experience  and 
climaxing  in  a gathered  meeting  at  our  final 
campfire.  This  spirit  was  all  the  more  precious 
because  we  had  been  so  close  to  losing  it. 

Though  we  felt  this  fellowship  within  our 
group  and  though  other  groups  experienced 
similar  fellowship,  we  found  it  missing  in  the 
Yearly  Meeting  as  a whole. 

Small  groups  are  a part  of  Yearly  Meeting, 
but  the  oneness  of  the  entire  meeting  is  more 
important  and  harder  to  achieve.  . . . 

On  behalf  of  Pacific  Junior  Yearly  Meeting, 

CONNIE  JUMP,  Clerk 


COLLEGE  PROGRAM 

Go  placidly  amid  the  noise  and  the  haste  and 
remember  what  peace  there  is  in  silence. 

Thirty-two  College  Young  Friends  held  their 
second  organized  session  at  this  1963  Yearly 
Meeting.  At  the  beginning  planning  session,  we 
decided  our  heeds  would  best  be  met  by  keeping 
the  program  as  free  as  possible. 

We  found  resource  people  within  Yearly  Meet- 
ing to  speak  to  us  on  topics  pertinent  to  our 
current  concerns.  These  included: 

— Bob  Barns  on  the  problems  of  conscientious 
obj  ection 

— A joint  meeting  with  the  adults  to  hear  Cather- 
ine Bruner  speak  on  her  year  as  a Friend  in 
the  Orient 

— A discussion  on  Indian  affairs  with  Marie 
Potts,  Nicholas  Helburn,  and  Mary  Isely 

— Leonard  Dart  on  the  role  of  a Quaker  scientist 

Afternoons  and  some  evenings  were  left  open 
for  recreation  and  spontaneous  discussion.  Here 
we  participated  in  swimming,  a hardy  game  of 
volley  ball,  folk-singing,  and  some  rousing  vocal 
interchange  on  mores  and  related  issues.  The 
climax  of  our  week  was  a visit  to  Sweetholm 
Forestry  Lookout,  where  Jean  Prideaux  has  been 
working  this  summer.  Jean  gave  us  a complete 
and  stimulating  tour  of  the  lookout,  with  its 
beautiful  scenery. 


In  evaluation  of  our  time  spent  together,  we 
asked  ourselves  these  questions:  Why  did  we  as 
individuals  come?  What  was  our  purpose  here? 
Has  this  been  a meaningful  experience? 

Among  ourselves  we  sensed  a certain  unity, 
achieved  in  fellowship  rather  than  through  verbal 
communications.  Our  somewhat  unprogrammed 
schedule  provided  an  opportunity  for  intimate 
communication  that  makes  for  a sense  of  the 
meeting.  However,  we  felt  a spirit  lacking  in 
meeting  with  the  worship-fellowship  groups  and 
with  Yearly  Meeting  as  a whole,  perhaps  a fis- 
sion where  there  should  have  been  a bond. 

May  we  learn  from  these  experiences. 

- KAREN  SCOTT 
Tacoma  Meeting 

JUNIOR-SENIOR  HIGH-LIGHTS 

Among  the  114  junior  and  senior  high  Young 
Friends  attending  Yearly  Meeting  were  those 
from  New  Zealand,  Mexico,  Hawaii,  and  Brazil. 

We  sent  a communication  of  support  to  Presi- 
dent Kennedy  for  the  nuclear  test  ban  treaty, 
signed  by  the  entire  Junior  Yearly  Meeting. 

At  the  Perry  Center  for  Emotionally  Disturbed 
Children  in  Portland,  senior  high  Young  Friends 
worked  together  in  the  garden  and  improving  the 
grounds. 

On  our  last  evening,  we  had  a stunt  program 
and  a campfire. 

The  Young  Friends  “mascot,”  Doby  Mick, 
a driftwood  whale  given  to  us  by  Chuck  James, 
joined  us  in  our  last  general  Yearly  Meeting 
session. 

In  most  cases,  the  worship-fellowship  groups 
were  again  a unique  experience.  But  some  of 
Yearly  Meeting  was  disappointing,  since  we 
felt  that  we  could  not  reach  each  other  because 
we  were  pushed  by  a schedule  and  trapped  in 
organizational  busy-ness.  As  a whole,  though, 
this  was  a beautiful  time  together,  and  perhaps 
we  can  live  a bit  of  Yearly  Meeting  every  day, 
until  next  year. 

- JOYCE  VICTOR 
University  Meeting 


APPOINTMENTS  FOR  1963-64 


CLERK: 

ASSISTANT  CLERK: 
RECORDING  CLERK: 
JUNIOR  HIGH  CLERK: 
TREASURER: 
ARRANGEMENTS  CHMN., 
1964  YEARLY  MTG.: 
PEACE  AND  SOCIAL 
ACTION: 

COMMUNICATIONS 

CHAIRMAN: 


Sue  Hogenauer  (University) 

Mark  Jorgensen  (Berkeley) 

Tissa  Eddy  (Monterey  Peninsula) 
Paul  Dart  (Eugene) 

Evan  Meyer  (Sacramento) 

Judy  Bruff  (Whitleaf) 

Mickey  Graham  (Palo  Alto) 

Ellen  Thatcher  (Eugene) 


Page  12  - Septembef,  1963 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


FROM  THE  WORKSHOPS 

Education 

Resource  person:  Joseph  Vlaskamp,  Reli- 
gious Education  Secretary,  Friends  General  Con- 
ference. 

We  began  our  three  sessions  by  exploring  two 
broad,  inter-related  questions:  Why  First  Day 

school?  and  On  what  principles  should  religious 
education  be  based?  Friends  felt  that  First  Day 
school  was  needed  to  supplement  religious  edu- 
cation in  the  home,  but  were  not  clear  what  its 
principles  should  be.  The  main  difficulties 
focused  on  the  reluctance  of  Friends  to  indoc- 
trinate their  children,  the  vagueness  of  many 
adults  concerning  their  own  religious  beliefs, 
the  absence  of  unity  among  Friends  as  to  reli- 
gious terminology,  and  the  problem  of  arriving 
at  a proper  balance  between  our  children’s  needs 
and  interests  and  the  conceptual  demands  of  the 
material  we  want  to  teach.  Meeting  experiments 
in  dealing  with  these  problems  ranged  from  a 
strong  emphasis  on  silent  worship  to  a variety 
of  instructional  programs, 

Joseph  Vlaskamp  emphasized  the  need  for 
conscientious  development  of  a philosophy  of 
religious  education  within  each  Meeting,  to 
serve  as  a framework  within  which  parents  and 
teachers  can  work.  Once  an  over-all  perspective 
has  been  achieved,  there  are  many  excellent 
materials  available  from  Friends  General  Con- 
ference and  other  sources  to  aid  a Meeting  in 
developing  a curriculum. 

He  further  pointed  out  that  religious  educa- 
tion should  embrace  the  whole  Meeting,  begin- 
ning with  adults.  Several  Friends  reported  on 
valuable  adult  study  programs  they  had  under- 
taken, the  success  of  which  seems  to  depend 
largely  on  whether  leadership  becomes  a group 
responsibility.  It  was  suggested  that  a full  reli- 
gious education  program  should  deal  with  direct 
experience  as  well  as  with  literature. 

The  sessions  were  well  attended,  providing 
Friends  with  an  opportunity  to  share  problems 
and  insights  in  an  area  of  great  concern  to  most 
Meetings. 

- LIESEL  SKORPEN 
Reno  Meeting 


Ministry  and  Oversight 

W orkshop.  We  held  a two-day,  pre-registered 
workshop  to  consider  the  question:  “What  is  the 
source  of  our  power?’’  To  encourage  more  inti- 
mate and  fruitful  sharing,  we  divided  into  two 
groups,  one  led  by  Beatrice  Crouse,  the  other  by 
Hugh  Campbell-Brown. 

“The  source  of  our  power’’  was  taken  to 
mean  both  the  source  in  our  individual  lives  and 


that  in  our  Meetings,  and  ways  of  getting  close 
to  this  source  were  discussed.  Attention  was 
also  given  to  situations  that  seem  to  diminish 
the  power  within  a meeting.  Inevitably,  we  also 
discussed  the  question  that  arises  whenever  two 
or  more  M & 0 people  gather:  how  to  deal  with 
the  individual  who  exhibits  disruptive  behavior 
in  the  Meeting  for  Worship. 

One  group  spent  some  time  considering  the 
different  approaches  to  spiritual  growth,  and 
ways  of  relieving  the  tensions  that  can  arise 
among  them  to  the  detriment  of  the  spiritual 
function  of  the  Meeting.  It  was  agreed  that  ways 
must  be  found  to  encourage  better  understanding 
and  acceptance  of  different  approaches,  within 
the  framework  of  Friends’  beliefs. 

Open  session.  On  Saturday  afternoon,  the  yearly 
meeting  on  ministry  and  oversight  was  held,  and 
was  open  to  all  who  are  now  or  will  be  serving 
on  local  committees  of  Ministry  and  Oversight  or 
Counsel.  This  session  dealt  with  a number  of 
specific  problems  that  arise  in  Meetings,  mostly 
in  handling  personal  problems  of  members  and 
attenders.  Divorce  is  a crisis  that  afflicts  many 
Meetings,  and  the  extent  of  the  Meeting’s  respon- 
sibility in  the  case  of  members  married  under 
its  care  was  considered.  We  touched  on  the  con- 
flicting responsibilities  of  Ministry  and  Oversight 
members  for  the  well-being  of  the  Meeting  and  for 
the  welfare  of  the  individual  whose  personal 
needs  are  being  met  in  ways  that  are  distressing 
to  the  group;  and  agreed  that  no  one  answer  is 
available  beyond  the  extensive  use  of  love  and 
patience.  Helpful  suggestions  were  made  about 
the  prevention  and  control  of  gossip,  which 
sometimes  flourishes  behind  the  mask  of  concern. 

As  always.  Friends  were  aware  of  the  dis- 
parity of  resources  between  larger  and  smaller 
Meetings  — one  not  always  balanced  by  a propor- 
tionate difference  in  the  number  and  seriousness 
of  problems  within  the  Meetings.  Regional  com- 
mittees. on  Ministry  and  Oversight  can  often  be 
of  great  help  to  small  Meetings  faced  with  large 
problems. 

Both  the  workshop  and  the  yearly  session 
showed  strong  evidence  of  careful  planning,  and, 
if  the  vitality  of  the  discussions  is  an  adequate 
gauge,  local  Meetings  should  benefit  extensively. 

- JACKIE  DUNHAM 
Eastside  Meeting 

Quaker  Dialogues 

Guided  by  members  of  Claremont  Meeting, 
two  sessions  of  a special  interest  workshop 
were  held  to  suggest  the  value  that  a series  of 
Quaker  Dialogues  might  have  for  Monthly  Meet- 
ings seeking  a means  of  deepening  the  spiritual 
relationships  among  its  members.  (For  more  de- 
tails about  this  method  and  its  adaptation  by 


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Claremont  Meeting,  see  the  July  15th  Friends 
Journal  and  the  August  issue  of  Friends  Bulle- 
tin.) 

By  sharing  their  feelings  in  the  intimacy  of 
a small  group,  without  cross-questioning  or  the 
need  to  defend  their  positions,  people  can  seek 
out  the  deep  roots  of  their  experiences  and  re- 
late them  to  the  attitudes  and  values  they  bring 
to  their  present  lives.  Rachel  du  Bois’new  book. 
The  Art  of  Group  Conversation  (Association 
Press,  291  Broadway,  New  York  7,  N.  Y.,  13.50), 
was  suggested  as  a guiding  text  for  those  wish- 
ing to  undertake  Quaker  Dialogues  in  their  own 
Meetings. 

About  thirty  persons  attended  each  session, 
largely  a different  group  each  day.  There  was  a 
sense  of  a real  need  to  learn  how  to  communi- 
cate with  each  other  on  deeper  levels,  rather 
than  through  the  intellectual  surface  we  so  often 
use,  and  which  leave  unsatisfied  the  spiritual 
hunger  of  man  to  relate  meaningfully  to  his  fel- 
low man. 

- LOUISE  McIntyre 

Reno  Meeting 


Social  Order 

“Services  to  Offenders”  was  the  title  of  the  first 
session  of  the  social  order  interest  group,  at 
which  Mara  Moser  of  Pasadena  and  Rosemary 
Goodenough  of  Los  Altos  reported  on  the  prob- 
lems encountered  by  the  families  of  men  and 
women  in  prison.  They  described  conditions  of 
utter  destitution  leading  to  hopelessness,  fear 
of  any  authority,  and  school  drop-outs,  all  occur- 
ring in  the  midst  of  our  affluent  society.  The 
The  work  of  these  two  in  befriending,  encourag- 
ing and  materially  assisting  such  families  has 
been  taken  up  by  the  Pasadena  Council  of 
Churches  and  the  Santa  Clara  County  Friends 
Outside.  Both  service  projects  report  consider- 
able achievement,  and  one  has  led  to  the  estab- 
lishment of  a society  of  ex-prisoners  determined 
to  assist  each  other  in  rehabilitation.  With  indi- 
vidual effort,  similar  service  organizations 
could  be  formed  in  other  communities.  Here  is  an 
immense  amount  of  unmet  human  need  which 
calls  for  an  active,  personal,  Christian  response. 
We  note  to  the  Meetings  that  both  Rosemary 
Goodenough  and  Mara  Moser  would  be  delighted 
to  receive  invitations  to  visit  Meetings  with  this 
concern. 

Loyalty  Oath.  Wini  Osta  (Pima  Meeting)  de- 
scribed the  struggle  of  the  four  Tucson  high 
school  teachers  who  have  been  teaching  without 
pay  while  seeking  to  test  the  constitutionality 
of  the  Arizona  loyalty  oath  law.  Having  lost  in 
the  State  Supreme  Court  last  spring,  they  hope 
to  bring  the  case  to  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court,  if  they  can  raise  the  $10,000  needed  for 


September,  1963  - Page  13 

court  costs  and  support  of  the  plaintiffs.  A vic- 
tory would  have  nation-wide  repercussions  in 
the  field  of  civil  liberties.  Friends  wishing  to 
help  may  send  checks  made  out  to  Richard 
Corby,  Treasurer,  and  sent  to  the  Emergency 
Committee  to  Defend  Liberties  of  Arizona  Public 
Employees,  2648  North  Fair  Oaks,  Tucson,  Ariz. 
Indian  Affairs.  Marie  Potts  of  the  California 
League  of  Indians,  herself  a member  of  the 
Maidu  tribe,  served  as  resource  person  for  a 
workshop  session  on  contemporary  problems  of 
Indians.  Where  Indians  wish  to  maintain  their 
own  traditions  and  separate  identity,  the  many 
obstacles  created  by  modern  complexities  must 
be  thoughtfully  removed  where  possible.  Those 
who  wish  to  integrate  into  the  general  community 
must  be  helped  by  scholarships  and  other  means 
to  obtain  the  vocational  and  professional  train- 
ing that  will  enable  them  to  achieve  self-support 
and  dignity.  In  either  case,  Caucasians  must  be- 
come more  knowledgable  about  Indian  culture 
and  conditions,  so  that  out  of  enlightenment  and 
concern  he  can  be  of  real  help  to  the  Indian. 

- ERLING  SKORPEN 
Reno  Meeting 


THE  MORNING  AFTER 

While  washing  a few  dishes  which  had  been 
left  in  the  sink  on  our  departure  for  Yearly  Meet- 
ing, the  following  thoughts  came  this  morning. 

. . . If  any  of  my  words  or  deeds  offended  anyone 
during  Yearly  Meeting,  I ask  forgiveness. 

. . . If  any  of  my  words  did  not  make  sense, 
please  share  your  thoughts  with  me. 

...If  other  Friends  seemed  away  out  in  their 
expressions,  share  with  them  your  uneasiness. 

While  scrubbing  those  dishes,  I realized  that 
time  only  continues  a process,  whether  it  be 
hardening  or  softening.  Could  it  be  that  time 
acts  in  a similar  way  on  our  opinions  of  others? 
If  it  does,  might  we  soak  well  our  thoughts  in  a 
bath  of  prayer,  mediation,  and  continuous  sharing 
with  these  Friends. 

This  joy  I feel  this  morning  came,  I believe, 
from  God’s  spirit  of  love  being  present  and  mani- 
fest in  the  daily  lives  of  Yearly  Meeting  mem- 
bers. 

For  all  the  acts  of  service  performed  by  the 
Yearly  Meeting  servants,  I express  my  deepest 
thanks. 

- HAROLD  CARSON 
Eastside  Meeting 


LOS  ANGELES  MEETING  seeks  concerned  Friend  (or 
couple)  to  share  Meeting  home  in  return  for  care  of  house 
and  help  in  Meeting  activities.  Write  Meeting,  4167  South 
Normandie  Avenue,  Los  Angeles  37,  Calif.  Adv. 


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FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


TREASURER’S  REPORT 


OPERATING  BUDGET,  1963-64 


Transactions 

Budget 

1962-63 

1962-63 

Receipts 

Contributions  from  Meetings 

Other 

$6,161 

$6,700 

Cont.  fr.  Individuals  $ 30 

Interest 143 

173 

150 

Bulletin 

Subscriptions 2,182 

Adv.  & Sundry 43 

2,225 

1,700 

Annual  Session:  Facilities, 

Fees  and  Other  

1,379 

400 

Young  Friends  Cont.  & Earnings 

228 

400 

Sale  of  Disciplines 

199 

150 

Books  and  Literature  

Friend  in  the  Orient 

129 

— 

Contributions 1,386 

Disbursements —1,315 

71 

__ 

Total  Receipts 

$10,565 

$9,500 

Disbursements: 

Bulletin 

Printing  $1,533 

Sal.  & Payroll  Taxes  1,658 
Postage,  Supplies, 

Other  Exp 522 

$3,713 

$3,500 

Yearly  Meeting  Sessions 

330 

600 

Travel  of  Rep.  and  Officers 

1,980 

2,400 

Expenses  — Clerk,  Sect.,  Treas. 

209 

300 

Young  Friends  Yearly  Meeting  .... 
Committees 

447 

600 

Discipline  

188 

300 

Ministry  and  Oversight 

215 

400 

Visitation 

102 

100 

Peace  

15 

100 

Education  (from  prior  budget. 

$127;  current,  $128}  

255 

175 

Social  Order 

141 

50 

History  

— 

25 

Incorporation 

23 

50 

Conferences 

Support  of  Friends  Organizations 

400 

300 

Young  Friends  Committee  of 

North  America 

100 

100 

INCOME 

Contributions  from  Meetings $ 6,800 

Contributions  from  individuals.  Interest 250 

Subscriptions  to  Bulletin 2,200 

Facilities  fees.  Annual  sessions 400 

Earnings  of  Young  Friends 300 

From  Reserve  400 

Total  Income $10,3 50 


DISBURSEMENTS 

Bulletin  $ 3,750 

Yearly  Meeting  sessions 750 

Travel  for  Representatives,  officers  and 

chairmen $2,000 

Clerks  Fund  for  Travel  400  2,400 

Expenses  of  Clerk,  Secretary  and  Treasurer  250 

Young  Friends  Yearly  Meeting  500 

Committees 

Visitation 200 

Discipline  100 

Ministry  and  Oversight 300 

Peace 100 

Education 175 

Social  Order  (Including  Representative  to  Race 

Relation  Cont.  Com.) 200 

History; 100 

Insurance  and  legal  200 

Conferences 

Friends  World  Committee  - Ireland $ 500 

Seminar  inMexicoofFriendsof  Americas  75 

Friends  General  Conference 150  725 

Support  of  Friends  Organizations 

Young  Friends  Committee  of  North  America 25 

Friends  World  Committee  - General 

(Including  Race  Rel.  Conference) $ 350 

U.  N.  Program 100  450 

Pemba  Yearly  Meeting 50 

Seminar  in  Mexico  of  Friends  of  the  Americas...  75 

Total  Disbursements $10,350 


Friends  World  Committee 

General 300 

Quaker  Team  at  UN  100 

Race  Relations  Con f.  100  500 


Travel  fr.  Korea 
(added  to  budget 


August,  1963).  300 

800 

300 

Total  Disbursements 

$8,918 

$9,800 

Cash  Balances 

General 

Bulletin 

Reserves 

Total 

Beginning 

$3,402 

$ 21 

$2,896 

$6,319 

Receipts 
Transfers  from 

8,197 

2,225 

143 

10,565 

Gen.  Funds 
Salt  Lake  Trust 

(3,500) 

1,500 

2,000 

— 

Funds  Rec’d. 

— 

— 

33 

33 

Disbursements 

(5,205) 

(3,713) 

— 

(8,918) 

Ending  Balances 

$2,894 

$ 33 

$5,072 

$7,999 

A CONCERN 

In  a recent  article  about  Pacific  Yearly  Meet- 
ing, Howard  Brinton  said  we  were  growing  so 
rapidly  there  might  be  a tendency  for  us  to  be- 
come “watered-down.”  I definitely  feel  we  have 
become  “watered-down”  in  our  meeting  for  wor- 
ship, at  Yearly  Meeting.  A friend  asked  me  at 
Sunday  dinner  if  this  was  a usual  Friends  meet- 
ing, remarking  that  it  seemed  like  a “testi- 
monial” meeting. 

Have  we  failed  to  be  the  type  of  person  to 
whom  God  speaks,  or  through  whom  He  sends  His 
messages?  Friends’  remedy  for  this  is  not  in 
song,  but  in  each  one’s  searching  and  quiet 
meditation  and  deep  worship  together. 

- ANNA  JAMES 
Monterey  Peninsula  Meeting 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


September,  1963  - Page  15 


ON  THE  ORDERING  OF  YEARLY  MEETING 

I am  perennially  astonished  that  our  fast- 
growing Yearly  Meeting  finds  the  grace,  some- 
how, to  keep  its  feet,  get  through  business,  and 
meet  the  wide  demands  of  Friends.  Much  credit 
belongs  to  the  Clerks  that  this  was  the  case  at 
McMinnville. 

My  comment  here  has  to  do  with  the  slowness 
with  which,  under  present  ordering,  the  Yearly 
Meeting  reaches  any  depth  of  worship.  The  intro- 
ductory periods  of  worship  of  the  early  general 
sessions  were  short  and  preoccupied.  It  was  not 
until  well  along  in  the  week  that  the  Yearly 
Meeting  began  to  find  some  depth  of  spiritual 
experience. 

I am  aware  of  our  crowded  schedule,  and  that 
the  morning  worship-fellowship  groups  are  meant 
to  serve  our  spiritual  needs.  I believe  they  do 
so,  in  an  intimate  form,  and  should  be  kept 
(though  they  need  to  avoid  becoming  intellectual 
discussions).  Butwe  need  to  commune  spiritually 
as  a Yearly  Meeting,  too.  To  nurture  and  speed 
this  communion,  I suggest  that  the  very  first 
meeting  of  Friends  at  Yearly  Meeting  be  one  for 
worship,  in  charge  of  the  Ministry  and  Oversight 
Committee.  This  might  be,  say,  at  4:00  p.m.  on 
“Committee  Day,”  which  more  and  more  finds  a 
large  part  of  Yearly  Meeting  already  present. 
The  meeting  should  be  open  to  all,  and  Monthly 
Meeting  Committees  of  Ministry  and  Oversight  or 
Counsel  charged  to  feel  responsible  for  it,  and 
come  “prepared  in  mind  and  heart.”  Here,  with- 
out introductions  or  other  verbalizing,  we  might 
settle  at  once  into  worship,  allowing  our  deepest 
searchings  to  come  into  focus  in  the  light  of 
divine  Truth. 

The  first  general  session  of  Yearly  Meeting 
might  then  build  further  on  this  beginning,  open- 
ing with  at  least  a half-hour  of  worship.  The 
original  function  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  Ministry 
and  Oversight  Committee  involved  much  this 
sort  of  meeting.  In  my  opinion,  our  business  and 
social  concerns  would  be  furthered  rather  than 
set  back,  by  recognizing  the  priority  of  worship 
in  the  ordering  of  Yearly  Meeting. 

- FERNER  NUHN 
Claremont  Meeting 

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THE  MOUTHS  OF  BABES  . . . 

Response  of  one  of  our  three-year-olds,  on  first  hearing  her 
mother  speak  of  God:  "God!  Is  that  His  name?  . . . And 
does  He  have  a name-tag?" 

The  following  conversation  between  two  youngsters  was 
recently  overheard: 

Boy:  Why  are  you  playing  with  her?  You  don't  even  like  her. 
His  five-year-old  sister,  indignantly:  I do  too!  I’m  a Quaker, 
and  Quakers  like  everybody! 

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CHILDREN’S  PROGRAM 

As  a member  of  the  committee  working  on  the 
children’s  program  for  the  1963  Yearly  Meeting, 
my  impression  is  of  a group  of  harried  adults 
trying  desperately  to  stretch  materials  and  plans 
.to  cover  an  unexpectedly  large  number  of  chil- 
dren. Instead  of  the  15  to  20  children  expected 
for  each  class,  we  had  between  20  and  35. 
Thanks  to  the  Arrangements  Committee,  we  had 
good  big  rooms,  and  could  also  expand  to  the 
lawn  for  outdoor  games. 

We  took  our  theme  from  the  Yearly  Meeting’s 
interest  in  the  Friend  in  the  Orient,  and  pre- 
sented to  the  children  a medley  of  stories, 
customs,  crafts  and  games  from  the  Orient.  One 
evening  Catherine  Bruner  shared  with  the  chil- 
dren some  of  the  interesting  things  she  brought 
back  from  Japan.  On  another  evening,  we  had  an 
“Oriental  Festival,”  combining  ideas  from 
several  countries. 

In  the  afternoon,  there  was  a very  popular 
craft  program,  supplemented  by  games,  movies, 
and  slides.  The  nearby,  well-supervised  city 
swimming  pool  was  a great  help. 

Special  mention  should  be  made  of  the  chil- 
dren’s opening  worship  each  day,  brief  but  most 
thoughtfully  planned,  and  giving  the  children  a 
real  sense  of  being  participants  in  a Friends 
meeting  for  worship. 

In  spite  of  the  fact  that  the  leaders  found  the 
program  strenuous,  other  adults  have  commented 
that  in  general  the  children  seemed  relaxed  and 
content. 

- ALICE  MILES 
IJ niversity  Meeting 


CLOSING  MINUTE 

Yearly  Meeting  is  always  a “loving  struggle” 
for  the  truth.  In  our  search  together  here  during 
these  past  few  days  we  have  discovered  anew 
how  deep  our  love  is  for  each  other  and  hoiv 
much  we  need  each  other.  Because  we  love  one 
another  we  have  achieved  a challenging  and 
meaningful  sense  of  unity  in  spite  of  (or  perhaps 
because  of)  our  differences  in  age,  experience, 
insight,  and  convictions. 

Pope  John  XXIII  in  his  remarkable  encyclical. 
Peace  on  Earth,  has  said:  “Every  believer  in 

this  world  of  ours  must  be  a spark  of  light,  a 
center  of  love,  a vivifying  leaven  amidst  his  fel- 
low men.  And  he  will  be  this  all  the  more  per- 
fectly the  more  closely  he  lives  in  communion 
with  God  in  the  intimacy  of  his  soul.” 

We  adjourn  to  meet  August  16,  1964  on  the 
campus  of  California  Western  University,  Point 
Lorna,  San  Diego,  California. 


FRIENDS  BULLETIN 


Page  16  - September,  1963 


/1P^ 

NOTES  FROM  HERE  AND  THERE 


THE  1963-64  DIRECTORY  OF  FRIENDS  MEETINGS  IN 
THE  U.  S.  A.  AND  CANADA  is  now  available  from  the 
Friends  World  Committee,  American  Section,  152-A  N.  15th 
St.,  Philadelphia  2,  Penna.  Cost  is  50  cents  per  copy,  with 
discounts  available  on  orders  for  ten  or  more.  This  useful 
booklet  gives  detailed  information  on  all  Meetings  for  Wor- 
ship in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and  in  some  Latin 
American  countries.  Also  included  are  Friends  Centers 
around  the  world.  Friends  Schools  and  Colleges  in  the 
U.  S.  A.,  and  some  Yearly  Meeting  information. 

♦ ♦ ♦ 

Bl  RTHS 

- Robin  Albrecht,  grandson  of  CHARLES  and  ETTA  MARIE 
JAMES  (Eastside  Meeting). 

-On  July  20,  to  IGNACIO  and  ELLEN  LAUCK  GONZALES 
(Mexico  City  Meeting),  a son,  Martin  Alejandro. 

-On  July  23,  to  DICK  and  SONNEVA  RUTLEDGE  (Eastside 
Meeting),  a daughter,  Karen  Nore'en. 

-On  July  23,  to  PAUL  and  KIRSTEN  SEAVER  (Gwynodd 
Meeting,  attending  Multnomah),  a son,  David  Olaf. 

♦ ♦ ♦ 

VIARRIED 

-On  June  21,  DAVID  RAPHAEL,  son  of  MAUDIE  and 
ARTHUR  RAPHAEL  (Orange  Grove  Meeting),  to  MILA 
McGARRAUGH  at  Yellow  Springs,  Ohio,  Friends  Meeting. 

- On  July  19,  ISAIAH  WATKINS  (Los  Angeles  Meeting)  and 
CAROL  CRAVEN. 

-On  August  18,  BEPPIE  KORTSCHAK,  daughter  of  the 
HUGO  KORTSCHAKS  (Honolulu  Meeting),  and  MICHAEL 
SHAPIRO. 

- On  August  28,  BETH  SANDERS,  daughter  of  MARIAN  and 
ED  SANDERS  (Orange  Grove  Meeting)  to  STEPHAN 
BLEVANS,at  the  Orange  Grove  Meeting  House.  Their  new 
address:  711  Grape  Street,  Riverside,  California. 

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DIED  - On  July  9,  MARK  AUF  der  HEIDE  (Orange  Grove 
Meeting),  age  11,  in  an  accident.  A memorial  service  was 
held  at  the  Meeting  House  on  July  12. 

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PACIFIC  NORTHWEST  QUARTERLY  MEETING  will  be 
held  at  the  new  University  Meeting  House,  9th  Avenue  N.  E. 
at  40th,  Seattle,  on  October  19-20. 


COLLEGE  PARK  QUARTERLY  MEETING  will  experiment 
with  a weekend  camping  session  on  October  26-27,  at  Ben 
Lomond  (AFSC  camp)  in  the  Santa  Cruz  mountains.  It  is 
hoped  that  a number  of  families  in  the  Quarter  will  attend, 
and  that  the  longer  session  will  enable  us  to  become  better 
acquainted.  For  details,  write  the  Clerk,  Betty  Mclnnes, 
1301  Madrone  Place,  Davis,  California. 

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NEWS  OF  FRIENDS 

- GARFIELD  and  JEANNETTE  COX  (Claremont  Meeting) 
were  injured  in  an  automobile  accident  while  touring  in 
Olympia  National  Park,  Washington,  following  Yearly 
Meeting.  They  were  hospitalized  for  a short  time,  but  for- 
tunately their  injuries  were  fairly  minor,  and  they  were 
able  to  return  home  by  plane  in  a few  days. 

-HARRY  and  LOIS  BAILEY  (San  Fernando  Meeting)  re- 
turned home  in  July  after  two  years  directing  the  VISA 
group  in  Tanganyika  for  the  AFSC.  Lois  presented  an 
inspiring  account  of  their  experiences  to  Yearly  Meeting, 
and  the  Bulletin  hopes  to  have  a summary  of  her  talk  in 
the  next  issue. 

- BEACH  and  CATHERINE  LANGSTON  (Orange  Grove 
Meeting)  have  moved  to  Chapel  Hill,  where  Beach  will 
teach  at  the  University  of  North  Carolina. 

-JOE  and  PEGGY  STILL  (Santa  Monica  Meeting)  will 
attend  the  Preparatory  Congress  for  the  World  Constitu- 
tional Convention,  in  Denver.  He  has  been  invited  to 
present  a paper  based  on  his  pamphlet,  "Peace  by 
Finesse.” 

- BEN  NORRIS  (Honolulu  Meeting)  will  spend  his  half-year 
sabbatical  leave  from  the  University  of  Hawaii  in  studying 
and  visiting  on. the  mainland. 

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The  following  Friendly  tale  was  shared  with  us  by  our 
Clerk,  Ed  Morgenroth:  Elderly  Friend,  looking  askance  at 
the  earrings  worn  by  a young  woman  attending  a Yearly 
Meeting:  "Do  those  things  keep  thee  warm?"  "No,"  was 
the  quick  response,  "but they  launder  easily.” 

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Linfield  College,  a liberal  arts  college  founded  in  1849,  is 
under  the  auspices  of  the  American  Baptists.  We  are  in- 
debted to  Professor  Kenneth  Holmes  of  Linfield,  who 
opened  his  delightful  historical  sketch  of  the  college  with 
this  sectarian  story: 

Quaker  farmer  to  recalcitrant  cow  at  milking  time:  "Thee 
knows  that  I will  not  swear  at  thee.  And  thee  knows  that  I 
will  not  strike  thee.  But  what  thee  does  not  know,  cow,  is 
that  I might  sell  thee  to  a Baptist  who  would  beat  the  devil 
out  of  thee.” 

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